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“Does the meal suit your taste?”

“You ask the same thing every time at a restaurant I have been coming to for eight years.”

“Because you don’t eat the same menu every day.”

Cade smiled. Abella said as she continued her meal.

“I believe Yuri knows my taste best. I have known her for over 10 years.”

Cade nodded his head in response to Abella’s light reply. Repeating these useless questions and trying to put words on the silent Abella was done out of anxiety.

It felt like his heart was shriveling when he saw Abella ate inorganically without saying a word.

Even though she had obviously been with him for eight years, he felt like Abella wasn’t here. During that time, Cade had to constantly be aware. All Cade can do for Abella is let her go.

The temple reform was successful, and Timur also changed. The monsters that lived in the mist shut their mouths, and a new force filled Timur.

After consulting with the lord of Vincent, he succeeded in making Vincent as the second capital.

However, he failed to win Abella’s heart.

Cade is called a cruel and merciless iron-blooded monarch, but to Abella, the correct term would be a useless idiot.

He was always preparing for some day.

The day Abella would leave him.

Cade pulled his lips up and said to Abella.

“Where do you want to go after dinner?”

“…… A place where you can see Timur in its entirety. Let’s go to the hotel.”

Abella said calmly. After Arsene’s departure, Sirius and Amerigo restored their relationship. The Sirius couple have aged 20 years in just 8 years. They were focusing their energy on raising a successor to replace Arsene.

Still, the hotel that Arsene completed and left was providing a great potential for Sirius. Arsene asked a few things before leaving Sirius, one of which was that he stated that the room for Abella on the top floor was always empty.

“…… the view at night is good. Would you like some wine?”

“Yes.”

It looks like she’s going to pass safely today. Cade stroked his chest.

*

Abella sipped the glass of wine with a dazed face. If she looks at it from here, she can see far away. Fortunately, the room Arsene had left for Abella was facing north, giving the illusion that the snowy field could be seen through it.

The white mist of a blizzard that rose over the pure white snowy field.

That was Abella’s destination.

The utopia that Abella had dreamed of and endured. A place where no one knows Abella and she knows no one.

Abella tilted her wine glass.

Th red alcohol is like the demon’s blood that deceives her.

Abella blinked her eyes.

Soon Abella will be there as she dreams. She had already made plans with a private lawyer that will transfer all her fortune. The papers bearing Abella’s seal were notarized and lay asleep in the lawyer’s vault.

After Abella leaves, the lawyer will take care of things.

She finished her thoughts there.

‘Carlo, I think I’ve done my best.’

Right?

He will smile and hug her with his.

The precocious and smart little kid was soon to the point where he could make business decisions with his own will. With Enoch and Luisa by his side, he can learn to work over the years and become a mature head.

Abella closed her eyes and pressed her hand to the window.

The northern end.

What will Abella find there?

It is unknown.

That day, Abella had one last warm night in Cade’s arms.

*

Abella put the envelopes on the desk, which she had been fiddling with for a while.

It was her last letter to Simons. The little kid that had always promised to protect Abella might burst into tears when he learns she’s gone.

He was tender-hearted and she couldn’t leave without saying a word for Simons.

Abella looked around the room with sentimental eyes.

This is where she spent most of her time in the last eight years, her study. Amerigo’s office seemed to put pressure on Abella’s shoulders, and she was at least comfortable with the study, where she often stayed during her childhood.

8 years ago.

It must have been after Skellus regained its status. The air of the office, the traces of her father, and the traces of Carlo began to weigh on Abella.

His father died to protect Abella, but his death was in vain.

The curse of Skellus has disappeared without a trace.

However, it was not that Abella had a clear will for life. She was sorry, but Abella did not even know why she had to live.

‘God said there are no coincidences.’